William Parks, PhD

Research Profile

The research of William Parks, PhD, focuses on the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in immunity, tissue repair, and fibrosis. With an emphasis on models of lung and skin diseases, his lab has determined that individual MMPs control distinct, non-overlapping functions in antimicrobial defense, epithelial repair and differentiation, leukocyte influx and activation, and resolution of fibrosis.

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